The use of marginal liver grafts has become an inevitable option because of the continuous
increase in the number of patients awaiting liver transplantation and the severe shortage of …

Liver transplantation as a therapeutic method for the treatment of end-stage liver disease is
beclouded by a scarcity of organs. The aim of this study was to retrospectively analyze the …

The current supply of acceptable donor livers is not sufficient to meet the demands of listed
patients awaiting transplantation resulting in thousands of deaths each year. Increased …

Introduction Orthotopic liver transplantation has become a routinely applied therapy for an
expanding group of patients with end-stage liver disease. Shortage of organs has led …

Because of the shortage of organ supplies, more transplant programs have begun to use
marginal grafts in liver transplantation. A number of single‐center experiences with marginal …

In this issue of Journal of Investigative Surgery, Badawy and colleagues contributed an
extensively written article on with the use of marginal grafts in liver transplantation and the …

The shortage of organs has led centers to expand their criteria for the acceptance of
marginal donors. The combination of multiple marginal factors seems to be additive on graft …

One of the most important factors in the increasing number of liver transplantations
performed in the United States is the growing acceptance of marginal grafts, which are …

The aim of this study is to assess the effect of accumulation of marginal liver graft criteria on
the immediate outcome of liver transplantation (LT). The last 325 consecutive LT performed …

The number of patients awaiting liver transplantation keeps steadily rising with no
corresponding rise in suitable grafts for transplantation. There also is an increasing trend of …